Evaluation of Victim Services Programs Funded by "Stop Violence Against Women" Grants in the United States, 1998-1999

This project investigated the effects of Violence Against
Women Act (VAWA) STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors)
funds with respect to the provision of victim services by criminal
justice-based agencies to domestic assault, stalking, and sexual
assault victims. Violence Against Women grants were intended "to
assist states, Indian tribal governments, and units of local
government to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and
prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women, and to
develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent
crimes against women." Domestic violence and sexual assault were
identified as primary targets for the STOP grants, along with support
for under-served victim populations. Two types of programs were
sampled in this evaluation. The first was a sample of representatives
of STOP grant programs, from which 62 interviews were completed (Part
1, Criminal Justice Victim Service Program Survey Data). The second
was a sample of 96 representatives of programs that worked in close
cooperation with the 62 STOP program grantees to serve victims (Part
2, Ancillary Programs Survey Data). General questions from the STOP
program survey (Part 1) covered types of victims served, years program
had been in existence, types of services provided, stages when
services were provided, number of victims served by the program the
previous year, the program's operating budget, and primary and
secondary funding sources. Questions about the community in which the
program operated focused on types of services for domestic violence
and/or sexual assault victims that existed in the community, if
services provided by the program complemented or overlapped those
provided by the community, and a rating of the community's coordinated
response in providing services. Questions specific to the activities
supported by the STOP grant included the amount of the grant award, if
the STOP grant was used to start the program or to expand services and
if the latter, which services, and whether the STOP funds changed the
way the program delivered services, changed linkages with other
agencies in the community, increased the program's visibility in the
community, and/or impacted the program's stability. Also included were
questions about under-served populations being served by the program,
the impact of the STOP grant on victims as individuals and on their
cases in the criminal justice system, and the program's impact on
domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault victims throughout the
community. Data from the ancillary programs survey (Part 2) pertain to
types of services provided by the program, if the organization was
part of the private sector or the criminal justice system, and the
impact of the STOP program in the community on various aspects of
services provided and on improvements for victims.

本项目研究了《反暴力侵害妇女法》（Violence Against Women Act, VAWA）下STOP（服务、培训、执法人员、检察官）基金对刑事司法机构向家庭暴力、跟踪及性侵受害者提供服务的影响。反暴力侵害妇女补助金旨在“协助各州、印第安部落政府及地方政府单位制定并强化有效的执法与起诉策略，以打击针对妇女的暴力犯罪，并在涉及针对妇女的暴力犯罪案件中发展和加强受害者服务”。家庭暴力和性侵被确定为STOP补助金的主要目标，同时也支持服务不足的受害者群体。本评估抽样了两类项目：第一类为STOP补助项目的代表样本，共完成62次访谈（第一部分：刑事司法受害者服务项目调查数据）；第二类为与62个STOP补助项目受助方密切合作以服务受害者的项目代表样本，共96人（第二部分：辅助项目调查数据）。STOP项目调查（第一部分）的常规问题涵盖服务对象的受害者类型、项目存续年限、提供的服务类型、服务提供阶段、项目上一年度服务的受害者数量、项目运营预算及主要和次要资金来源。关于项目运营所在社区的问题聚焦于社区内现有针对家庭暴力和/或性侵受害者的服务类型、项目提供的服务是否与社区服务互补或重叠，以及对社区服务协调响应的评级。针对STOP补助金支持活动的专项问题包括：补助金金额、STOP补助金是否用于启动项目或扩展服务（若为扩展，则具体扩展哪些服务）、STOP资金是否改变了项目的服务交付方式、是否改变了与社区内其他机构的联系、是否提高了项目在社区的可见度，以及/或是否影响了项目的稳定性。此外，问题还包括项目服务的服务不足群体、STOP补助金对受害者个人及其在刑事司法系统中案件的影响，以及项目对整个社区内家庭暴力、跟踪及性侵受害者的影响。辅助项目调查（第二部分）的数据涉及项目提供的服务类型、组织是否属于私营部门或刑事司法系统，以及社区内STOP项目对服务各方面及受害者改善的影响。